A long, long time ago I was a participant in a gossip experiment. The grade school teacher gave a short message to the first student in the first row to her right who told the one sitting behind him. Twenty-five students later, the last student gave the teacher the evolved message. It was nothing like the original. I still remember that lesson.

The same lesson could be applied to the social media of today. Not only does the social medium skew the real facts, I believe most of the information going into it is crap to start. A great example is the video of Pelosi that was slowed down to make her appear senile so Trump could imply she had changed. I watched one person morph into another so the second person’s words came out of the first’s mouth. The voice was enhanced to sound the same. Today the only way to know for sure is to watch an interview with at least one other person on real media.

Is social media the way most people will be getting their news? We have entered a time when those with money and power can control their people so easily. Of course there will always be some fruit-loop that spouts crap and gathers millions of followers. I fear common sense and factual information has gone forever.